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Message: [QUOTE="TenEightyOne, post: 10837869, member: 146813"] A couple of days ago I applied to be a Uber driver on their website. I was never planning to take fares, just to see how it all worked. Firstly; Uber hold the journey insurance ([I]not[/I] vehicle insurance) so the PLI is covered there. Secondly, in the UK at least, I needed to provide details of my Private Hire licence. I don't have one though... so that was the end of that. I simply hadn't realised that one was required in the UK and now I'm wondering if the whole "[I]they're not licensed![/I]" argument is bunkum in other places too. The main differences as far as I can see are that the local authority don't hold you to ransom for anything other than PH license issue and that your car doesn't need to pass anything other than the standard Ministry of Transport test (as all newer cars in the UK do). I guess there's more advantage in running a legal banger with Uber as you can do high mileage and not worry about losing the replacement payout if you get totalled with passengers in. [/QUOTE]